Yet that was the scenario Tuesday afternoon on a practice field at Colorado Christian University, where Chargers linebackers coach John Pagano was running his family’s Mile High Football Camp. Among the featured guests? That would be Broncos defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale.

Consider it the only bit of harmony that we’ll see in the AFC West all year.

Pagano and Martindale, along with Pagano’s brother Chuck, who coaches defensive backs for the Baltimore Ravens, put middle school football players through the same drills they normally teach their NFL stars, like Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips, and Elvis Dumervil and DJ Williams. Martindale, who worked first with the defensive backs, quickly picked a favorite pupil Tuesday: A corner wearing Champ Bailey’s No. 24 jersey.

The Pagano family (dad Sam coached for years at Fairview High in Boulder) has operated the youth camp here for 35 years. This is Martindale’s second year as a guest coach. The camp will conclude Wednesday.

Mike Klis has been with The Denver Post since 1998, after working 13 years with the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Major League Baseball was Klis' initial passion. He started covering the Colorado Rockies after Coors Field was approved for construction in August 1990.

Nicki Jhabvala is the Sports Digital News Editor for The Denver Post. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor, and she was most recently the overnight home page editor at the New York Times. She has reported regularly on the Broncos since joining the staff.

A published author and award-winning journalist, Benjamin Hochman is a sports columnist for The Denver Post. He previously worked on the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winners of two Pulitzer Prizes for their Hurricane Katrina coverage.